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The Argument for or against allowing 20,000 Afghan Refugees into Australia

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Australia has said it would accept 3,000, possibly 5,000 Afghan refugees into the country, after the recent takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban. There are many voices and petitions at present that the number should be 20,000. The twenty years of war by coalition forces in Afghanistan, initially to flush out the 9/11 terrorists, has […]

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Is COVID-19 insurmountable?

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The world would have us believe that we are dealing with an entirely new set of (medical) problems in overcoming this latest, potentially deadly attack on mankind. Day in and day out, we are bombarded by hourly, and even half-hourly news, of how this virus is wreaking havoc in our midst. This is the reality

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Prayer for those who feel isolated due to COVID-19

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  The present fallout of COVID-19 is absolutely huge! I may be stating the obvious. If we stop to consider what enforced isolation really means, we realize the enormous present suffering that people have to endure due to this sinister and devastating disease that presently has gripped most of humanity! Psalm 91 talks about “the

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UNHCR’s REFUGEE BRIEF – Regular updates about the worldwide refugee situation and COVID-19

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Subscribe The Refugee Brief – 1 April 2020 By Kristy Siegfried | 1 April, 2020 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Protect rights and health of refugees and migrants in coronavirus response, says UN. Four UN agencies – OHCHR, IOM, WHO and UNHCR – on Tuesday called for national responses to COVID-19 to include migrants, refugees, the forcibly displaced

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THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS

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A Poem by Pia Horan-Gross   At dawn I awake suddenly, startled, to the voice of a million voiceless cries.   Children, hidden away for secret exploitation. Hands raised in violent threats, pinning them down, sealing their silent screams.   Young women, enticed and deceived. Trapped, like butterflies in a sticky spider’s web. Their agonised

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The refugee issue doesn’t go away but increases in its complexity!

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The refugee issue doesn’t go away but increases in its complexity! Opinions on how to “manage” this issue vary from country to country and from individual to individual. Some adopt a hardline approach, with tight border controls and limited assistance, to discourage being flooded by this needy people group. Others have a more laissez-faire approach,

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Man’s continuous fateful choice!

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Since the dawn of time, man has been at loggerhead with God’s appointed plan for mankind; namely to have a close relationship of dependence and obedience with Him. A choice was given, with clear warning as to the consequence of one of those two options; man chose to ignore that warning and to listen to

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Promises for Refugees and those who cannot find any human source of help

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Psalm 107 New King James Version (NKJV) BOOK FIVE Psalms 107–150 Thanksgiving to the Lord for His Great Works of Deliverance 107 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His [a]mercy endures forever. 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy, 3 And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the

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What is nominal Christianity? What is a nominal Christian?

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Have you ever wondered what the label “Christian”, in all kinds of different scenarios, really stands for? The article below helps to sort “the sheep from the goats”, when we talk about what it means to be a “true Christian”, opposed to the “nominal brand”. Source: What is nominal Christianity? What is a nominal Christian?

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Eight Years of Hell in Syria and No End in Sight!

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I know that most people’s reaction when seeing events in Syria, which is entering into its eighth’ year of war, is to switch off, literally by turning off the TV, or sound, or just mentally. On the other hand, we may gasp and gloat at the increasing horror of this war, when we thought that

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Self-sabotaging God’s Provision

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Today I received a powerful lesson, using the simplest every-day example! I am sure the following example happens to most of us. When this is used to teach us a spiritual lesson, we can be sure that the Spirit, who lives in believers (in Christ), is and has been speaking to us! What a privelege

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Modern Day Slavery – Thoughts and Prayer

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As I read in Exodus 21, about God’s directions to the Israelites regarding slaves, I realize that it wasn’t and isn’t God who instituted slavery but rather, it is a fruit of the kingdom of darkness. This fruit has plagued humanity for millenia and is particularly evil! As a matter of fact, despite the general

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Curbing misuse of government monetary support to vulnerable people groups – some impressive answers!

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Allow me to present my researched observations about this issue, as well as a recently published article on an effective trial intervention amongst some Aboriginal tribal groups and the possible reasons why it seems to be so impressively successful:   I am convinced that governments tend to see financial aid mainly as a political obligation, social

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Suffering – The problem that doesn’t go away!

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A believing (opposed to nominal or in name only) Christian friend of mine recently suffered the devastating loss of one of her sons. It is the worst nightmare for any parent; to survive his or her own children! He contracted a rare form of cancer and, aided by possible medical mismanagement, passed away two months

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More Scriptures that bring hope to the needy – Job 5: 8-27

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“But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him. 9 He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted. 10 He provides rain for the earth; he sends water on the countryside. 11 The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are

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Reminder: What does GOD say about refugees?

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Quoting from the Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 10, verses 16 to 19: “Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do not be stiff-necked any longer. 17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes.18 He defends the cause of the

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The Upcoming Australian Election (can be applied to any election; anywhere!) – My thoughts

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Let’s be those who prayerfully consider the present needs of our precious country of Australia and make the effort to carefully consider the responsibility before us to appoint worthy representatives in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Are they representing our struggling and often forgotten farmers, those most vulnerable in our society such

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God’s promises to refugees in Psalm 107

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The Israelites, thousands of years ago, found themselves to be wandering in the wilderness, cut off from their previous lives, with only God’s help as their hope and God appointed leaders to help them. Today, there are still millions of people in the same situation, many have never heard of the God who deeply cares for

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Easter greetings and some thoughts on human slavery

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Dear friends and fellow pray-ers! Like some of you; this morning I awoke to a Facebook security message asking me to reply whether I was safe, in view of an explosion which took place just recently. It turned out to be a world-wide error by Facebook, in response to an explosion which just took place

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The L-Factor in all things

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  Love is probably one of the most (mis)used words, yet least understood. We call love between “brothers”, those who are united in the same cause ‘Philia’. The love between family members is called ‘Storge’. Then there is the much sung about type, Eros; consisting of powerful sexual attraction. When God speaks of His love,

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